The past two decades have proved that there are many gaps within the health care system in North America. This paper identifies the discrimination that patients are victims of in order to bring awareness to this problem. Through the use of three academic journals and many news stories, the subject is deeply explored and explained. The patients’ points of views as well as the professional staff’s opinions are overseen to cover the issue in its entirety. The overall findings of this essay are that minority ethnicities and races are discriminated the most. Language barriers are also a problem... [+] Read more

For my final project, I plan on writing an academic paper with three academic sources. My final
paper, like my SuperPost will focus on health care across Canada, this time it will be more
focused on research and discrimination. The article that leads me to want to further my
knowledge on this topic is the following. On March 29, Kevin Charles Redmond wrote an
amazing piece in Salon, on the discrimination that homeless and poor people go through when it
comes to getting medical care. I have been studying this subject more and more since the
beginning of this course, so changing... [+] Read more

I have been writing about the health system in North America over the last month, my focus was mainly on the impacts the health systems have on society. When I came across this challenging article I realized I haven’t been paying attention to the negative impacts the health systems has on patients and their family.
Ann Marie Houriane reports for The Irish Times on April 29ththe patients’ entourage points of views. When patients suffer from the poor health... [+] Read more

There is a process called food irradiation that kills the DNA of dangerous bacteria in food. This process isn’t known by the common population, but it is present in some foods like potatoes and spices.
What has been brought up recently is to irradiate meet, more specifically beef. John Cotter, in Sunday April 28th Canadian Press reports the advantages this process could bring for Canada.
Canada’s beef industry has been working on a proposal for the Federal... [+] Read more

In the past few months I have been studying the public health system in Canada as well as in the United States. When the time comes to choose a person who has impacted the public health system the first answer that comes to mind is the government. This brought me to realize that if other people tried to make a change in people’s lives and motivate them to be healthier, the government would have less sick people to deal with. The only fact of having a healthier population will in itself enhance the quality of the health system in America. With that in mind, I have chosen Michelle Obama, the... [+] Read more

For my final project, I plan on writing an academic paper with three academic sources. My final paper, like my SuperPost will focus on health care across Canada, this time it will be more focused on research and discrimination. The article that leads me to want to further my knowledge on this topic is the following. On March 29, Kevin Charles Redmond wrote an amazing piece in Salon, on the discrimination that homeless and poor... [+] Read more

During his 2010 election campaign, Premier David Alward assured he would increase health budget without it having any impacts on taxes. On April 2nd, CBC News confirms it was all lies, they are in fact freezing the spending. Budgets have been exceeded over the past 4 years and the measures taken to stop this from happening are cut spending. It is not good news for hospitals that still need to keep their doors open and treat the same amount of patients on a daily basis, without the fees. The... [+] Read more

Following my SuperPost on health across Canada, I’ve started to read more on stories concerning the health system across the provinces. CTV News reports on Sunday April 7th, an alarming rise of pre-hospital trauma-related death of 75% in Northern British Columbia. The case of Jackie Inyallie brought the issue to the media because according to the paramedics, her case was non-life threatening and she still passed away on... [+] Read more

Following my recent post on public health in Canada, I started to look for ways to help improve the situation through volunteer opportunities. Turns out there are a lot of ways to contribute in the public health sector; any extra help makes a difference in the lives of many. After searching the web for opportunities, here are five volunteering possibilities.
McGill University Health Center (MUHC)
The MUHC’s core values and goals:
“Offer our pediatric and adult patients as well as their families compassionate exemplary care,... [+] Read more

Following my recent post on public health in Canada, I started to look for ways to help improve the situation through volunteer opportunities. Turns out there are a lot of ways to contribute in the public health sector; any extra help makes a difference in the lives of many. After searching the web for opportunities, here are five volunteering possibilities.
McGill University Health Center (MUHC)
The MUHC’s core values and goals:
“Offer our pediatric and adult patients as well as their families compassionate exemplary care,... [+] Read more

Canada's health care system is usually very on point in for everyone from refugees to prisoners. It hasn't been the case recently as reported by Rebecca Lindell in March 5th' Global News.
Prisoners have been put aside and haven't been receiving proper health care treatments. Penitentiaries count more than 38,000 adults to be cared for, Francoise Bouchard, the former director general of health services for Canada’s federal prisons gives her insight on the matter.
“Health care... [+] Read more

In Canada’s modern society, there are many social issues that prevail. One of the most concerning one regards public health and the public health care system. Canada offers free health care to all of its residents; those who wish to access private care have to pay for services. Attention to the field has been brought up by a recent study that focuses on how socioeconomic factors influence treatment of patients in the public system, hence discrimination. Sheryl Ubelacker, in the February 25thVancouver Sun, reports the findings of the study held by Dr. Stephen Hwang, a special of inner-city... [+] Read more

Bell's ''Let's Talk'' campaign for mental health has been very successful. For every message, tweet or Facebook posts that mentioned the program, Bell donated $0.05. This year's iniative raised 4.8 million dollars for the cause.
Steve Ladurantaye and Susan Krashinsky uncover the true reason behind Bell's campaign in the February 13th Globe and Mail.
During the very talked-about campaign, many people started accusing Bell of turning this charitable event... [+] Read more

The past few years have been rough one for women in the army workforce.
Tobi Cohen reports for the Montreal Gazette on February 13 that more than 1000 complaints by women have been unanswered and unresolved. Most complaints have to do with abuse of authority, discrimination and sexual harassment.
The focus of the RCMP on this matter is directly related to the low number of women who want to join the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and also because the majority who... [+] Read more

As Plan Nord reunions were held in Montreal on February 9th, protesters decided to vandalize downtown Montreal to voice their concerns.
Peter Rakobowchuk reports the events for the Globe and Mail on February 9th.
Just like in Spring 2012, during the tuition hikes, the streets of Montreal are full of protestors, and most of them are wearing a red square. The red square was a popular sign during last year's student strike.
This time, there are less... [+] Read more

The STM (Societe de Transports de Montreal) has been down numerous times in the past week. The orange and green line were both affected by technical problems and caused thousands of public transport users to be late.
Even if those delays were extremely criticized, Andy Riga reports in the Montreal Gazette (February 6, 2013), that the numbers of interruptions of the metro lines have been falling. Fewer problems and delays have been reported for the month of January.
In January... [+] Read more

Research in Motion(RIM) who have now changed their name to BlackBerry(BBRY) have been getting a lot of attention around the world in the past week with the launch of their newest products the BlackBerry 10 and the BlackBerry Z10 touchscreen.
On the day of the official launch, Wednesday, January 30, 2013, their stock went through a 12% drop in value.
Michael Babad reports for the Globe and Mail on January 31 the surprising numbers and overall... [+] Read more